UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Current Handling n a Document Number ' RELEASED IN PART B l 1 4 B 1 4 D PTQ0900 CONFIDENTIAL INFO LOG-00 DINT-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 PM-00 USIE-00 NFAT-00 JAKART 00836 1 Channel n a 1999JAKART00836 r PAGE 01 ACTION BAP-01 Page CONFIDENTIAL 01 OF 04 19111OZ CIAE-00 ACQ-01 AID-00 ACDE-00 ACDA-08 EB-00 DS-00 SRPP-00 DOEE-00 DODE-00 LAB-01 I0-00 INR-00 TEDE-00 H-01 OPIC-01 OMB-01 OIC-02 NSCE-00 NSAE-00 STR-00 SP-00 SCT-00 P-00 PRS-00 G-00 DRL-02 PRM-01 DSCC-00 PMB-00 021W SAS-00 19111OZ 38 ------------------A4F190 SMEC-00 EUR-01 L-01 PA-00 TRSE-00 MR-00 P 1911072 FEB 99 ZDK FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6191 INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA 04 JAKARTA 000836 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF ROME FOR THE VATICAN DELL 2 19 09 E O 12958 PHUM PINR MARR MOPS ID PGOV PREL TAGS ROUNDUP DIFFERENCES IN GOI OVER TIMOR EAST SUBJECT HABIBIE EAST TIMOR POLICY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 00836 01 OF 04 19111OZ CLASSIFIED BY POLCOUNS EDMUND MCWILLIAMS 1 1 5 B AND D REASON SUMMARY RESISTANCE TO THE HABIBIE GOVERNMENT'S NEW C 2 WHERE A APPROACH TO EAST TIMOR IS ARISING IN JAKARTA TIMORESE EAST PRO-INTEGRATION WELL-FUNDED GROUP OF Current Class CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY CHARLES E LAHIGUERA CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 D DECLASSIFY AFTER 18 FEB 2024 DATE CASE ID 14 JUL 2004 200300722 Page 1 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL 2 Current Handling n a Document Number Channel n a 1999JAKART00836 OFFICIALS IS MAKING THE ROUNDS AND ABRI VETERANS AND WIDOWS HAVE PROTESTED TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ALTHOUGH SOME OPPOSITION ELEMENTS IN THE INDONESIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM HARBOR REAL DOUBTS ABOUT IMMEDIATE MOVES TOWARD EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE E G MEGAWATI AND GUS DUR THESE LATEST EFFORTS APPEAR TO BE LARGELY ORCHESTRATED BY ELEMENTS WITHIN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND ABRI WHO OPPOSE LETTING THE PROVINCE BECOME INDEPENDENT IN EAST TIMOR ITSELF TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH AND HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS SEE A DISCONNECT BETWEEN JAKARTA'S NEW APPROACH AND THE ON-THE-GROUND DYNAMICS WHERE OLD BEHAVIOR PATTERNS STILL HOLD SWAY C THERE IS TALK WITHIN SOME CIRCLES OF BREAKING 3 OFF CERTAIN PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMOR DISTRICTS BORDERING ON WEST TIMOR BUT IT IS NOT YET CLEAR WHETHER PROTHE GOI ITSELF IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERING THIS INDEPENDENCE ACTIVISTS DISMISS THIS THREAT EXPRESSING CONFIDENCE THAT ANY POLL WOULD SHOW STRONG SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENCE IN ALL OF EAST TIMOR'S 13 DISTRICTS DESPITE DIVERGENT VIEWS WITHIN THE GOI HABIBIE HIMSELF CONFIDENTIAL 19111OZ 01 OF 04 00836 JAKART PAGE 03 TO DETERMINATION FROM A AWAY BACKING OF SHOWS NO SIGNS THE YEAR OF END THE BY PROBLEM EAST TIMOR BE RID OF THE THAT HE REPORTEDLY INTIMATED TO IMOR W 7 HANDS WAS__ ITS THE GOI WOULD BE READY TO Al IN AS LITTLE AS THREE MONTHS I MEMO STATES THAT ALL MILITARY AND GOI CIVILIAN PERSUNNEL ARE TO BE OUT OF THE PROVINCE BEFORE JANUARY 1 2000 SEPTEL REPORTS CONCERNS OVER THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF AN MEANWHILE A HABIBIE ADVISOR EXODUS OF GOI PERSONNEL ARGUES THAT IN REALITY WIDE-RANGING AUTONOMY FOR EAST TIMOR IS A MORE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OTHER END SUMMARY PROVINCES THAN OUTRIGHT INDEPENDENCE WELL-FUNDED PRO-INTEGRATIONISTS DESCEND ON JAKARTA ------------------------------------------------- C DOZENS OF PRO-INTEGRATIONIST EAST TIMORESE HAVE 4 BEEN IN JAKARTA THIS PAST WEEK TO ARGUE AGAINST THE THIS CONTINGENT WHICH CALLS INDEPENDENCE OPTION ITSELF THE FORUM FOR UNITY DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE REGIONAL MILITARY COMMANDER IN BALI FOREIGN MINISTER ALATAS AND THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND HAS BEEN GIVEN AMPLE TIME TO AIR THEIR VIEWS ON THE ALTHOUGH PORTRAYING GOVERNMENT TELEVISION CHANNEL Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 2 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART0083G Page 3 Channel n a THEMSELVES AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EAST TIMORESE PEOPLE THIS GROUP CONSISTS ENTIRELY OF-EAST TIMORESE LOCAL OFFICIALS LOCAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND OTHERS WHO RECEIVE GOI PAYCHECKS AND WHO UNDOUBTEDLY FEAR FOR THEIR PERSONAL FUTURES IN AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR 5 C IN A RECENT INTERVIEW BISHOP BELO COMPLAINED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 01 OF 04 JAKART 00836 19111OZ THAT THE PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMORESE IN JAKARTA WERE STAYING IN LUXURY HOTELS AND EATING AT THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN JAKARTA DURING A TIME OF SEVERE FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EAST TIMOR VARIOUS SOURCES CLAIM THAT THIS EFFORT IS FUNDED BY ABRI AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WHICH MAY INDICATE THAT AT LEAST SOME ELEMENTS OF THE GOI ARE NOT COMPLETELY ON BOARD WITH PRESIDENT HABIBIE'S STATED PREFERENCE THAT EAST TIMORESE OPT FOR INDEPENDENCE ON FEBRUARY 17 A GROUP OF ABRI WAR VETERANS AND WIDOWS APPEARED BEFORE THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS TO URGE THAT THEIR SACRIFICES NOT BE FORGOTTEN AND THAT EAST TIMOR NOT BE GIVEN INDEPENDENCE COMMENT WHETHER FUNDED BY VARIOUS GOI ELEMENTS OR NOT THESE PRO-INTEGRATIONIST INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT ALONE IN EXPRESSING QUALMS ABOUT IMMEDIATE INDEPENDENCE FOR EAST TIMOR WHICH MANY MEGAWATT GUS DUR EVEN BELO HIMSELF REGARD AS A VERY CHANCY--IF NOT DANGEROUS-- PROPOSITION END COMMENT MEANWHILE IN EAST TIMOR 6 C MEANWHILE IN EAST TIMOR ITSELF MILITARY SOURCES HAVE TOLD A WESTERN JOURNALIST CONTACT THAT ABRI CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO LOG-00 DINT-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 PM-00 TRSE-00 Current Class JAKART ACDA-08 DODE-00 H-01 NSAE-00 PRS-00 USIE-00 00836 02 OF 04 ACDE-00 DOEE-00 TEDE-00 NSCE-00 P-00 PMB-00 AID-00 SRPP-00 INR-00 OIC-02 SCT-00 DSCC-00 PTQ4538 212357Z ACQ-01 DS-00 I0-00 OMB-01 SP-00 PRM-01 CONFIDENTIAL CIAE-00 EB-00 LAB-01 SMEC-00 EUR-01 L-01 OPIC-01 PA-00 STR-00 DRL-02 SVC-00 G-00 Page UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page 4 Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART00836 Channel n a NFAT-00 SAS-00 021W ------------------A5B1F7 212357Z 75 P 191107Z FEB 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6192 INQO RUEHZS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI MR-00 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 04 JAKARTA 000836 ROME FOR THE VATICAN 19 09 DELL 2 19 09 E O 12958 TAGS PREL PGOVS ID EAST TIMOR ROUNDUP DIFFERENCES IN GOI OVER SUBJECT HABIBIE EAST TIMOR POLICY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 00836 02 OF 04 212357Z HABIBIE HELP ORGANIZE PRO-INT EAST TIMOR FEBRUARY WILL BE HELDIN THE WQ TENSION DILI ITSELF 7 DISTURBANCE IN DILI A PRO-Q WAS SHOT AND KILLED ## POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE THE DIE FOR INTEQACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHQOME ACTIVE IN DILI IS BASED IN AIRDING TO IN QWAS I GIVEN 20 FIREARMS BY ABRI AF AND Hits aSSO IATES WERE THREATENED BY PRO-INDEENDENCE FORCES TENS OF THOUSANDS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF THE SHOOTING VICTIM IN DILI BUT THE SITUATION REMAINED CALM SOME OBSERVERS INCLUDING ATTRIBUTED THIS TO A LETTER FROM XANANQ GUSMAO APPEALING FOR RESTRAINT WHICH APPEARED IN THE DILI NEWSPAPER 1 8 B1 B1 B1 _ C POLOFF MET ON FEBRUARY 17 WITH AND OTHE PRO-INDEPENDENCE FIGURES IMMEDIATELY AFTEQ THEY HAD MET WITH XANANA SAID QHAT XANANA'S MAIN MESSAGES HAD BEEN THE NEED MAINTAIN PEACE SEEK RECONCILIATION AMONG ALL AST TIMORESE AND NOT RESPOND TO PROVOCATIONQ POLCOUNS FEBRUARY 18 THAT XANANA HAD DIRECTED THAT _HARDER LINE PRO-INDEPENDENCE GROUPS ' Current Class CONFIDENTIAL B1 TOLD B1 Page UNCLASSIFIED Bl 4 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page 5 Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART00836 Channel _ n a SEND REPRESENTA MEET WITH HIM DURING- TO RECEIVE HIS MESSAGE ## INTIMIDATING ACTIONS ## FORCES TO TAKE RESPONSI--LEADERS URGED TAHIDI AFTER THE GROUP ## SUAI AREA IN LATE JANUARY BUT THE MILITAY RESPONDED THAT CONFL WERE INTERNAL FEBRUARY 17 POLICE EAST TIMORF ABRI'S IN EAST TIMNG TO INVOLVE THEMSECE OF LAW AND ORDER ANDQDENTS ARE REPORTING PROBLEMS CONFIDENTIAL B1 PAGE 03 JAKART 00836 02 OF 04 212357Z THE CNRT COUNIL FOR NATIONAL TIMORESE RESISTANCE RATHER TO MAINTAINED THAT WHIQE TAN TO THE POLICE POLICIES MAY HAVE ClukNUED IV JAKARTA ELEMENTS OF THE MILITARY ON THE GROUND IN EAST TIMOR CONTINUE TO PLAY THE SAME OLD GAMES BY ENCOURAGING CONFLICT BETWEEN EAST TIMORESE 10 C ON FEBRUARY 17 THERE WERE FURTHER CLASES IN THE MAUBARA AREA OF LIQUICA DISTRICT WHICH REPORTEDLY RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A PRO-INTEGRATION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JAKARTA PRSS REPORTS INDICATED THAT THESE CLASHES OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHERE A NEW PRO-INTEGRATION CIVILIAN MILITIA GROUP BESI MERAH PUTIH' RED AND WHITE IRON WAS RECENTLY SET UP AND INVOLVED A CONFLICT BETWEEN PRO AND ANTI-INTEGRATION VILLAGERS ACCORDING BESI MERAH UTIH AND NAGA MERAH PUTIH TO E DRAGON ALONG WITH MAHIDI ARE THE MOST RED AND W SIGIFICANT PRO-INTEGRATION CIVILIAN MILITIA GROUPS OPERATING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROVINCEQ B1 Bl 11 C ACCORDING TO A FEBRUARY 19 PRESS REPORT CNRT DEPUTY CHAIRMAN DAVID XIMENES MET WITH DEPUTY EAST TIMOR POLICE CHIEF COL MAHFI SAHUDJI ON FEBRUARY 18 TO DEMAND THAT POLICE TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION-IN THE MAUBARA AREA WHERE HE SAID THE PRO-INTEGRATION RED AND WHITE IRON GROUP ARMED WITH SHARP WEAPONS WAS SPREADING TERROR IF THE POLICE FAILED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE SITUATION XIMENES THREATENED TO HAVE THE CNRT ITSELF TAKE ON THE LATTER AND CALL FOR THE MASSES TO GO MAHUFI DENIED THAT THE SITUATION WAS OUT TO MAUBARA OF CONTROL BUT A TOLD POLOFF ON FE IFURTC CONFIDENTIAL B1 PAGE 04 JAKART 00836 02 OF 04 212357Z FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS INTO THE UNSTABLE SECURITY ## NOTE SVC GARBLED TEXT Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page UNCLASSIFIED 5 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n d Document Number 1999JAKART00836 Page 6 Channel n a I CONFIDENTIAL PTQ4597 CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 JAKART 00836 02 OF 04 2200502 CIAE-00 AID-00 ACQ-01 ACDE-00 ACDA-08 EB-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 DOEE-00 DODE-00 LAB-01 I0-00 INR-00 TEDE-00 H-01 OPIC-01 OMB-01 OIC-02 NSCE-00 NSAE-00 STR-00 SP-00 SCT-00 P-00 PRS-00 G-00 DRL-02 PRM-01 DSCC-00 PMB-00 021W SAS-00 220104Z 38 ------------------A5B490 P 191107Z FEB 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6192 INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA INFO LOG-00 DINT-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 PM-00 USIE-00 NFAT-00 SMEC-00 EUR-01 L-01 PA-00 TRSE-00 MR-00 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 04 JAKARTA 000836 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y TEXT ROME FOR THE VATICAN E O 12958 TAGS PREL DECL 2 19 09 PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MOPS CONFIDENTIAL 00836 JAKART PAGE 02 EAST TIMOR ROUNDUP SUBJECT HABIBIE EAST TIMOR POLICY ID 220050Z 02 OF 04 DIFFERENCES IN GOI OVER WILL HELP ORGANIZE PRO-INTEGRATION RALLIES THROUGHOUT THE CENTRAL RALLY WILL BE HELD EAST TIMOR FEBRUARY 19 TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH IN BALIBO IN THE WESTERN TOWN OF REPORTED AND KILLINGS EAST TIMOR GENERALLY WITH MORE CLASH WITH TO CONTINUING ARMED PRO-JAKARTA CIVILIANS AND IN DISTRICTS PRO-INDEPENDENCE FORCES IN THE WESTERN DILI ITSELFCurrent Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 6 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 Page 7 Channel n a C IN A FEBRUARY 14 DISTURBANCE IN DILI A PRO7 INDEPENDENCE CIVILIAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED EITHER BY A MEMBER OF THE POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE BRIMOB OR A MEMBER OF THE ARMED CIVILIAN PRO-INTEGRATION MAHIDI LIVE AND DIE FOR INTEGRATION GROUP WHICH ACCORDING TO HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS HAS NOW BECOME ACTIVE IN DILI AINARO IN BASED IS CARVALHO MAHIDI LED BY CANSIO DISTRICT AND ACCORDING TO CARVALHO IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BBC WAS GIVEN 20 FIREARMS BY ABRI AFTER CARVALHO AND HIS ASSOCIATES WERE THREATENED BY PRO-INDEPENDENCE TENS OF THOUSANDS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL OF THE FORCES SHOOTING VICTIM IN DILI BUT THE SITUATION REMAINED INCLUDING SOME OBSERVERS CALM ATTRIBUTED THIS TO A LETTER FROM XANANA GUSMAO APPEALING FOR RESTRAINT WHICH APPEARED IN THE DILI NEWSPAPER B1 B1 - POLOFF MET ON FEBRUARY 17 WITH D OTHER PRO-INDEPENDENCE FIGURE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY HAD MET WITH XANANA CONFIDENTIAL 8 C B1 22005OZ 02 OF 04 00836 JAKART PAGE 03 SAID THAT XANANA'S MAIN MESSAGES HAD BEEN THE NEED TO MAINTAIN PEACE SEEK RECONCILIATION AMONG ALL EAST TOLD TIMORESE AND NOT RESPOND TO PROVOCATIONS POLCOUNS FEBRUARY 18 THAT XANANA HAD DIRECTED THAT HARDER LINE PRO-INDEPENDENCE YOUTH AND STUDENT GROUPS SEND REPRESENTATIVES FROM EAST TIMOR TO MEET WITH HIM DURING THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21 TO RECEIVE HIS MESSAGE TO AVOID PROVOCATIVE AND INTIMIDATING ACTIONS B1 URGING THE SECURITY FORCES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ------------------------------------------------9 C MEANWHILE ACCORDING TOI B1 CHURCH LEADERS URGED THE MILITARY TO DISARM MAHIDI AFTER THE GROUP KILLED FOUR CIVILIANS IN THE SUAI AREA IN LATE JANUARY BUT THE MILITARY RESPONDED THAT CONFLICTS INVOLVING MAHIDI WERE INTERNAL EAST TIMORESE AFFAIRS AND IN A MEETING WITH POLOFF ON OUT OF ABRI'S CONTROL SAID THAT THE MILITARY AND POLICE FEBRUARY 17 IN EAST TIMOR ARE INCREASINGLY UNWILLING TO INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN BASIC MAINTENANCE OF LAW AND ORDER AND THAT AS A RESULT RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING PROBLEMS TO THE CNRT COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL TIMORESE RESISTANCE RATHER Current Class B1 Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 7 UNCLASSIFIED Page Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number 1999JAKART00836 8 Channel n a MAINTAINED THAT WHILE THAN TO THE POLICE POLICIES MAY HAVE CHANGED IN JAKARTA ELEMENTS OF THE MILITARY ON THE GROUND IN EAST TIMOR CONTINUE TO PLAY THE SAME OLD GAMES BY ENCOURAGING CONFLICT BETWEEN EAST TIMORESE_ 10 C ON FEBRUARY 17 THERE WERE FURTHER CLASHES IN CONFIDENTIAL 22005OZ 02 OF 04 00836 JAKART PAGE 04 REPORTEDLY WHICH DISTRICT THE MAUBARA AREA OF LIQUICA SCHOOL HIGH PRO-INTEGRATION RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A THESE THAT INDICATED JAKARTA PRESS REPORTS STUDENT CLASHES OCCURRED IN AN AREA WHERE A NEW PRO-INTEGRATION CIVILIAN MILITIA GROUP BESI MERAH PUTIH RED AND WHITE IRON WAS RECENTLY SET UP AND INVOLVED A CONFLICT ACCORDING BETWEEN PRO AND ANTI-INTEGRATION VILLAGERS BESI MERAH PUTIH AND NAGA MERAH PUTIH TO E DRAGON ALONG WITH MAHIDI ARE THE MOST RED SIGNIFICANT PROINTEGRATION CIVILIAN MILITIA GROUPS OPERATING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PROVINCE C ACCORDING TO A FEBRUARY 19 PRESS REPORT CNRT 11 DEPUTY CHAIRMAN DAVID XIMENES MET WITH DEPUTY EAST TIMOR POLICE CHIEF COL MAHUFI SAHUDJI ON FEBRUARY 18 TO DEMAND THAT POLICE TAKE CONTROL OF THE SITUATION IN THE MAUBARA AREA WHERE HE SAID THE PRO-INTEGRATION RED AND WHITE IRON GROUP ARMED WITH SHARP WEAPONS WAS IF THE POLICE FAILED TO TAKE CHARGE SPREADING TERROR THREATENED TO HAVE THE CNRT XIMENES SITUATION THE OF ITSELF TAKE ON THE MATTER AND CALL FOR THE MASSES TO GO MAHUFI DENIED THAT THE SITUATION WAS OUT TO MAUBARA OF CONTROL BUT A TOLD POLOFF ON FE_________ 18 THAT CARE HAS BEEN kURCED STOP FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE MAUBARA AREA DUE TO THE IN A TELEPHONE UNSTABLE SECURITY SITUATION CONFID ENTIAL CO NFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO LOG-00 DINT-0 0 FBIE-0 0 ADS-00 Current Class JAKART ACDA -08 DODE -00 H-01 NSAE -00 00836 PTQ4600 03 OF 04 22005OZ ACDE- 00 DOEE- 00 TEDE- 00 NSCE- 00 AID-00 SRPP-00 INR-00 OIC-02 ACQ-01 DS-00 I0-00 OMB-01 CIAE-00 EB-00 LAB-01 OPIC-01 SMEC-00 EUR-01 L-01 PA-00 Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 8 Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 UNCLASSIFIED Page Channel SCT-00 STR-00 PRS-00 P-00 SP-00 DRL-02 PM13-00 PRM-01 G-00 DSCC-00 021W SAS-00 220107Z 38 ------------------A5B4A9 P 191107Z FEB 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6193 INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA PM-00 USIE-00 NFAT-00 9 n a TRSE-00 MR-00 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 03 OF 04 JAKARTA 000836 C O R R E C T E D C O P Y TEXT ROME FOR THE VATICAN E O 12958 TAGS PREL DELL 2 19 09 PGOV PHUM _ PINR MARR MOPS CONFIDENTIAL JAKART 00836 PAGE 02 EAST TIMOR ROUNDUP SUBJECT HABIBIE EAST TIMOR POLICY ID 22005OZ 03 OF 04 DIFFERENCES IN GOI OVER CONVERSATION OF FEBRUARY 19 1 1 IN DILI EXPRESSED ALARM OVER THREATS TO HIM AND HIS STAFF BY THE MAHIDI ELEMENTS NOW ACTIVE IN DILI IN A JOINT PRESS APPEARANCE LABOR LEADER MUCHTAR PAKPAHAN AND XANANA ISSUED A CALL FEBRUARY 19 FOR THE POLICE IN EAST TIMOR TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESTORING ORDER B1 SPLITTING OFF THE WESTERN DISTRICTS ------------------------- ----------12 C RECENT CONFLICTS ARE CENTERED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN EAST TIMOR'S WESTERN DISTRICTS WHICH BORDER WEST TIMOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE HISTORICALLY MORE VOLATILE HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET IN RECENT MONTHS A NUMBER OF PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMORESE APPARENTLY CONCEDING THAT EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE IS NOW INEVITABLE ARE MAINTAINING THAT THERE IS A PREPONDERANCE OF PRO-INTEGRATION SENTIMENT IN THESE Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Current Handling Document Number Page CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 Channel 10 n a B1 WESTERN DISTRICTS ECENTLY TOLD US HE BELIEVES THERE MAY B CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO SPLIT OFF THESE WESTERN PROINTEGRATION DISTRICTS AND ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR TO RETAIN ONLY A RUMP TERRITORY CONSISTING OF THE HE NOTED THAT THE EASTERNREMAINING EASTERN DISTRICTS BE RETAINED BY ALSO MIGHT LAUTEM MOST PROVINCE OF FRANS SEDA CITED BY ARTICLE FEBRUARY 17 IN A JAKARTA WITH U S VISITORS MEETINGS RECENT PRESIDENT HABIBIE IN CONFIDENTIAL 22005OZ 00836 03 OF 04 JAKART PAGE 03 ASSERTED TIMOR AS ONE OF HIS PRIMARY ADVISORS ON EAST THAT PRO-INTEGRATION SENTIMENT DOMINATED AREAS WEST OF DILI AND THE WESTERN SECTION OF DILI ITSELF WHILE THE PRO-INDEPENDENCE SIDE HELD SWAY OVER TERRITORY EAST OF A GOI-FUNDED PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMORESE DILI STUDENT GROUP HAS MADE SIMILAR CLAIMS ARGUING THAT ONLY 8 OF EAST TIMOR'S 13 DISTRICTS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR C PRO-INDEPENDENCE ACTIVISTS DISMISS THE IDEA 33 THAT EAST TIMOR COULD BE DIVIDED ALONG PRO AND ANTIIN A FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH INTEGRATION LINES EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT ANY POLOFF POLL WOULD SHOW THAT PRO-INDEPENDENCE SENTIMENT IN EAST TIMOR DOMINATES IN ALL 13 DISTRICTS AND ARGUED THAT IN ANY CASE A REFERENDUM WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE THESE AGREED AND ADDED THAT HE DID ISSUES_ NOT BELIEVE THE CURRENT VIOLENCE IN THE WESTERN AREAS OF EAST TIMOR WAS RELATED TO ANY CAMPAIGN TO SEPARATE THESE HE ATTRIBUTED THE DISTURBANCES IN THESE DISTRICTS PREVIOUSLY DORMANT AREAS TO EMOTIONS RAISED BY THE LATE 1998 DIALOGUE CAMPAIGN WAGED BY PRO-REFERENDUM A GOI ATTEMPT TO SPLIT OFF THESE COMMENT STUDENTS BE A NON-STARTER FOR THE UN PRESUMABLY WOULD DISTRICTS RESISTANCE AND AS TIMORESE EAST AND THE PORTUGAL SEEN EVIDENCE THAT PRONEVER HAVE ABOVE WE POINTED OUT STRONG IN THESE ESPECIALLY ARE SENTIMENTS INDONESIAN THAT EVIDENCE REAL YET ANY THERE IS NOT AREAS_ HIGHEST AT THE ENTERTAINED ARE SERIOUSLY SUCH IDEAS BEARS NEVERTHELESS SITUATION LEVELS OF THE GOI BUT THIS END COMMENT WATCHING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 JAKART 00836 03 OF 04 B1 B1 22005OZ HABIBIE POINTS TOWARD INDEPENDENCE Current Class Page CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED 10 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page 11 Current Handling n a Document Number 14 C Channel n a 1999JAKART00836 POLOFF AND ECONOFF MET ON FEBRUARY 17 WITH Bi MAINTAINED THAT GRANTING EAST TIMOR'WIDE-RANGING AUTONOMY SET A MORE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROVINCES THAN WOULD OUTRIGHT HE ARGUED THAT IT WAS RELATIVELY EASY TO INDEPENDENCE MAKE THE CASE THAT EAST TIMOR DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM OTHER INDONESIAN PROVINCES AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE INDEPENDENT BUT IF IT BECAME A MODEL FOR REAL AUTONOMY OTHER PROVINCES WOULD QUICKLY DEMAND SIMILAR TREATMENT IN THE COURSE OF ILLUSTRATING ONE OF HIS POINTS HANDED POLOFF AND ECONOFF A SHEAF OF DOCUMENTS ON PORTUGUESE LAW CLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THESE PAPERS APPARENTLY INADVERTENTLY WAS Al MEMO ON I EAST TIMOR THE FINAL POINT OF W AT ALL MILITARY AND GOI CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ARE TO BE OUT OF THE PROVINCE BEFORE JANUARY 1 2000 NOTE AFTER THIS MESSAGE WAS DRAFTED -jrOLD US THAT IN HABIBIE'S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITHI B1 B1 B1 B1 CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO JAKART 00836 04 OF 04 PTQ0906 191114Z LOG-00 DINT-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 PM-00 USIE-00 NFAT-00 ACDA-08 ACDE-00 ACQ-01 AI D-00 CIAE- 00 DODE-00 DOEE-00 SR PP-00 EB-00 DS-00 H-01 INR-00 TEDE-00 I0-00 LAB-0 1 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OI C-02 OMB-01 OPIC- 01 PRS-00 ' P-00 SCT-00 SP-00 STR-0 0 PMB-00 DSCC-00 DRL-02 PRM-01 G-00 SAS-00 021W 191114Z 38 ----------------- -A4F1DB P 191107Z FEB 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6194 INFO ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LISBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA Current Class CONFIDENTIAL SMEC-00 EUR-01 L-01 PA-00 TRSE-00 MR-00 Page UNCLASSIFIED 11 Current Class Current Handling Document Number UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 Page 12 Channel n a USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 04 OF 04 JAKARTA 000836 ROME FOR THE VATICAN E O 12958 DECL 2 1Q 09 TAGS PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MOPS ID SUBJECT EAST TIMOR ROUNDUP DIFFERENCES QN GOI OVER CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 JAKART 00836 HABIBIE EAST TIMOR POLICY DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH IT 04 OF 04 - 191114Z SEPTEL THE MONTS YOU CAN EAST TIMOQ END NOTE Bl B1 WILL ABRI GO ALONG 15 C SAID THAT WHILE THRE WERE INDIVIDUAL ABRI OFFICERS WHO HAD PERSQNAL INTERESTS IN OPPOSING EAST TIMOR INDEPQNDENCE HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT ABRI AS AN INSTITUTION WOULD ADHERE TO HABIBIE'S APPROACH IN A FEBRUARY 18 DISCUSSION WITH POLOFF WHILE EXTREMELY CRITICAL OF HABIBIQ'S EAST TIMOR POLICY DID NOT SEE ABRI ATTEMPTNG TO BLOCK AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR HE ARQUED THAT FOR THE ABRI LEADERSHIP WHICH WAS MUCH MORE FOCUSSED ON POLITICAL EVENTS IN JAKARTA EAST TIMOR HAD BECOME A PERIPHERAL ISSUE B1 B1 B1 Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page UNCLASSIFIED 12 UNCLASSIFIED Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 Page 13 Channel n a B1 ROY CONFIDENTIAL END OF DOCUMENT @@@OASYS@@@ CONCATENATED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION EAP-01 INFO JAKART 00836 PT00038 212358Z LOG-00 DINT-00 FBIE-00 ADS-00 PM-00 TRSE-00 MR-00 ACDA-08 ACDE-00 AID-00 ACQ-01 CIAE-0 0 DODE-00 DOEE-00 DS-00 SRPP-00 EB-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 I0-00 LAB-01 NSAE-00 NSCE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 OPIC-0 1 PRS-00 P-00 SCT-00 SP-00 STR-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRM-01 DRL-02 NFAT-00 SAS-00 021W ------------------ASB20B 212358Z 75 P 191107Z FEB 99 FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6193 INFO ASSOCIATIONOF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AMEMBASSY LQSBON AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY CANBERRA USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0968Q USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI FPA SMEC-00 BUR-01 L-01 PA-00 SVC-00 G-00 C O N F I D E N T I A L SECION 03 OF 04 JAKARTA 000836 DELL 2 19 09 E O 12958 TAGS OREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MOPS ID EAST TIMOR ROUNDUP DIFFERENCES IN GOI OVE SUBJECT HABIBIE EAT TIMOR POLICY @@ FEBRUARY 19 DIL THREATS TO HIM AND HI ## NOW ACTIVE IN DILI CONFIDENTIAL IN I IN A JOINT B1 PAGE 02 JAKART 00836 212358Z PRESS APPEARANCE LABOR LEADER MUCHTAR PAKPAHAN AND XQNANA ISSUED A CALL FEBRUARY 19 FOR THE POLICE IN EAST TIMOR TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RESORING ORDER Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page UNCLASSIFIED 13 Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 UNCLASSIFIED Page 14 Channel n a SPLITTING OFF THE WESTERN DISTRQCTS -----------------------------------Q2 C RECENT CONFLICTS ARE CENTERED ALMOST ENTIRELY IN EAST TIMOR'S WESTERN DISTRICTS WHCH BORDER WEST TIMOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROVINCE HISTORICALLY MORE VOLATILE HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET IN RECENT MONTHS A NUMBEQ OF PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMORESE APPARENTLY CONCEDING THAT EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE IS NOW INEVITABLE ARE MAINTAINING THAT THERE IS AQ PREPONDERANCE OF PRO-INTEGRATION SE WESTERN DISTRICTS ECENTLY TOLD US HE BELIVES THERE MAY BE A CAMPAIGN UNDERWAY TO SPLITOFF THESE WESTERN PROINTEGRATION DISTRICTS AND ALLOW AN INDEPENDENT EAST TIMOR TO RETAI ONLY A RUMP TERRITORY CONSISTING OF THE REMAINING EASTERN DISTRICTS HE NOTED THAT THE EASTERNMOST PROVINCE OF LAUTEM MIGHT ALSO BE RQTAINED BY JAKARTA IN A FEBRUARY 17 ARTICLE FRANS SEDA CITED BY PRESIDENT HABIBIE IN RECENT MEETINGS WITH U S VISITORS AS ONE OF HIS PIMARY ADVISORS ON EAST TIMOR ASSERTED THAT PRO-INTEGRATION -SENTIMENT DOMINATED AREAS WEST OF DILI AND THE WESTERN SECTION OF DILI ITSELF WHILE THE PRO-INDEPENDENCE SIDE HELD SWAY OVR TERRITORY EAST OF DILI A GOI-FUNDED PRO-INTEGRATION EAST TIMORESE STUDENT GROUP HAS MADE ## THAT ONLY 8 OF EACH COULD BE ## Bl CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 JAKART 00836 212358Z 13 C PRO-INDEPES THE IDEA THAT EAST TIMOR PRO AND ANTIINTEGRATION LINES IN A FEBUARY 17 MEETING WITH POLOFF EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT ANY POLL WOULD SHW THAT PRO-INDEPENDENCE SENTIMENT IN EAST TIMOR DOMINATES IN ALL 13 DISTRICTS AND ARGUED THAT IN ANY CASE A REFERENDUM WAS THE ONLY WAY TO SETTLE THESE ISSUES GREED AND ADDED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE CURRENT VIOLENCE IN THE WESTERN AREAS OF EAST TIMOR WAS RELATED TO ANY CAMPAIGN TO SEPARATE THESEQ DISTRICTS HE ATTRIBUTED THE DISTURBANCES INTHESE PREVIOUSLY DORMANT AREAS TO EMOTIONS RAISED BY THE LATE 1998 DIALOGUE CAMPAIGN WAGEDBY PRO-REFERENDUM STUDENTS COMMENT A GOIATTEMPT TO SPLIT OFF THESE DISTRICTS WOULDPRESUMABLY BE A NON-STARTER FOR THE UN PORTUGAL AND THE EAST TIMORESE RESISTANCE AND AS PINTED OUT ABOVE WE HAVE NEVER SEEN EVIDENCE THAT PROINDONESIAN SENTIMENTS ARE ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THESE Current Class CONFIDENTIAL B1 B1 Page UNCLASSIFIED 14 4 Current Class Current Handling Document Number CONFIDENTIAL n a 1999JAKART00836 UNCLASSIFIED Page Channel 15 n a AREAS THERE IS NOT YET ANYREAL EVIDENCE THAT SERIOUSLY SUCH IDEAS ARE ENTERTAINED AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOI BUT THIS SITUATION NEVERTHELESS BEARS WATCHING END COMMENT HABIBIE POINTS TOWARD INDEPENDECE ---------------------------------14 C POLOFF AND ECONOFF MET ON FEBRUARY 17 WITH B1 MAINTAINED TH EAST TIMOR WIDE-RANGING AUTONOMY SETS A MORE DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR OTHER PROVINCQS THAN WOULD OUTRIGHT INDEPENDENCE HE ARGUED THAT IT WAS RELATIVELY EASY TO MAKE THE CASE THAT EAST TIMOR DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY FROM OTHER INDONESIAN PROVINCES AND SHOULD THEREFOREBE INDEPENDENT BUT IF IT BECAME A MODEL FOR REAL AUTONOMY OTHER PROVINCES WOULD QUICKLY DEMAND SIMILAR TREATMENT IN THE COURSE OF ILLUSTATING ONE OF HIS POINTS HANDED POLOFF AND ECONOFF A SHEAF OF DOCUMENTS ON PORTUGUESE LAW CLIPPED TO THE BACK OF THESE PAPERS APPARENTLY INADVERTENTLY WAS A -MEMO ON EAST TIMOR THE FINAL POINT OF WHICH STATED THAT ALL MILITARY AND GOI CIVILIAN PERSONNEL ARE TO BE OUT OF THE PROVINCE BEFORE JANUARY 1 2000 NOTE AFTR THIS MESSAGE WAS DRAFTED TOLD US THAT IN HABIBIE'S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH NOTE i I B1 B1 B1 B1 SVC FOR GARBLED TEXT CONFIDENTIAL END OF DOCUMENT Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page UNCLASSIFIED 15 This document is from the holdings of The 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